February 12, 2018--CME Group may be looking at ways for developers to modify a blockchain's rules without requiring consensus from all of the network's nodes, new patent filings show.

It's a key need for such systems, such as those that form part of airline reward points programs and other applications in which a blockchain is used to store and maintain information in real time, the application's authors write.

December 11, 2018--JPM has filed for a US equity ETF, which analysts argue will need to charge below 0.04% to gain traction. Could it cost nothing at all? Could JP Morgan be poised to launch the first free ETF?

December 10, 2018--The federal budget deficit was $303 billion for the first two months of fiscal year 2019, CBO estimates, $102 billion more than the deficit recorded during the same period last year.

December 9, 2018--Big asset managers have increased investments since 2015 Paris accordThe world's biggest investors, including BlackRock, Vanguard and Axa, have ramped up holdings in coal since the landmark Paris climate agreement, raising the question of how
seriously they take the issue of tackling global warming.

December 7, 2018--U.S. equity funds saw $3.5 billion in outflows through Wednesday during a wild week on Wall Street.
Investors fled to safe-haven government debt as risk-off sentiment took over the markets.
U.S. corporate bond funds also took a hit this week, experiencing $1.9 billion of outflows.

December 6, 2018--New funds offer key energy industry and sector exposures including MLPs in a tax efficient manner to provide potential for greater yieldCushing(R) Asset Management, an investment firm with vast experience in energy, materials, and industrials, today announced the launch of a new suite of income focused Equity Sector & MLP ETFs: The Cushing(R) Sector Plus ETFs.

December 3, 2018--The move ushers in fresh questions about the Fed and the economy.The U.S. Treasury yield curve just inverted for the first time in more than a decade.
It's a moment that the world's biggest bond market has been thinking about for the past 12 months.

November 30, 2018--The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted rules and amendments designed to promote research on mutual funds, exchange?traded funds, registered closed-end funds, business development companies, and similar covered investment funds.

November 30, 2018--Since the Brazil 2012 FSAP, the financial system has been stable despite the deep recession. The resiliency of the banking system was supported by high profitability, buoyed by large interest margins. While the financial system has grown since the 2012 FSAP, its structure remains largely unchanged. The system is dominated by large, vertically-integrated financial conglomerates and concentrated in liquid short-term instruments.

November 29, 2018--For the first week in four investors were overall net sellers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs), withdrawing $6.3 billion for Lipper's fund-flows week ended November 28, 2018.

OSC study reveals generation gap when it comes to optimism about retirement

November 28, 2018-- A new study released today by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) found that Canadians aged 18-34 are the most likely to believe their standard of living will increase in retirement, despite being the least likely to have started saving for retirement of any age group. The study was published as part of the OSC's activities for Financial Literacy Month.

November 20, 2018--TrimTabs ETF Trust has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the TrimTabs All Cap International Free-Cash-Flow ETF (TTAI)
TrimTabs All Cap U.S. Free-Cash-Flow ETF (TTAC)

November 19, 2018--The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that it has approved a final rule to amend its uncleared swap margin requirements (CFTC Margin Rule) to better align with certain rules (QFC Rules) adopted by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRS), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) that impose restrictions on certain qualified financial contracts.